Nearly 40 years after his death, Alfred Hitchcock remains a brand name in the thriller genre, not just among directors, but for crime writers who look to "Shadow of a Doubt," ''Vertigo" and other works as models for narrative and mood.

Edith Wharton, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author famous for novels set in the late 19th century, also wrote an influential book on interior design, long considered a sort of bible of American decorating.

The saga of openly gay, and yet curiously alt-right, social gadfly Milo Yiannopoulos' lawsuit against publisher Simon & Schuster just took a whole new twist with the news that Milo will now be representing himself.

"Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House" was released on Friday. It paints a disparaging picture of President Trump and his family. The President says it's filled with lies. One Washington bookstore opened overnight and quickly sold out.

EDGE had the pleasure of catching up to Jeff Mann -- a self-described "mountain leather bear" -- to chat about his new books and discuss BDSM, the fantasy genre, and the real life horror show that is America under Trump.